fiO SCiUAMIPINDES. 



body ; prseorbital denticulated. Toung individuals with about twelve 

 transverse blackish streaks : mature specimens with two red streaks 

 on the head, one from the forehead to the snout, the other from the 

 neck to the eye ; body with spots irregidarly arranged in cross-series : 

 old specimens without red bands ; body with spots irregularly dis- 

 posed ; dorsal edged with browTi. 

 Rivers of Amboyna. 



4. Scatophag^s tetracanthus. 



Chaetodon tetracanthus, Lac^p. iv. p. 727, iii. pi. 25. f. 2. 

 ? Chsetodon striatus, Rosenth. Ichthyot. Taf. taf. 13. f. 2. 

 Scatopliagus fasciatus, Cuv. 8f Val. vii. p. 144. 



D.10|l. A.^. 



Brownish, with five dark vertical bands. 

 Hah. ? 



5. Scatophagus multifasciatus. 



Richards. Voij. Ereh. %■ Terr. Fishes, p. 67. pi. 35. f. 4-6. 



D- 11 1 17- ^■^- 



The width between the eyes is 2| in the length of the head ; the 

 third dorsal spine is considerably the longest, and its length 2i in 

 the height of the body. Prseorbital with the lower posterior angle 

 minutely serrated. Back with about twelve narrow vertical bands, 

 between which are others still narrower and shorter. 



Coasts of Australia. 



a. Adult. North Australian Expedition. Presented by Dr. J. R. Elsey. 



b. Half-grown. Sydney. 



c. Half-grown. Sydney. Presented by Sir J. Richardson. 



d. Adult : stuffed. King George's Sound. — Type of the sj^ecies. 



€. Adult: stuffed. Cape York. Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake 



(caught in 61 fathoms). 

 f. Adult : stuffed. Purchased of Mr. Warwick. 



7. EPHIPPUS*. 

 Ephippus, Cuv. R^gne Anim. ; Cuv. 8f Val. vii. p. 112. 



Body much compressed and elevated. Snout short, with the upper 

 piofUe parabolic. Dorsal deeply emarginated between the spinous 

 and soft portions, the former with nine (eight) spines, the third 

 (second) of which is rather elongate, flexible ; the spinous portion is 

 not scaly, only folding into a groove. Pectorals short ; anal spines 

 three. No teeth on the palate ; praeoperculum without spine. Scales 

 moderate or rather small. BranchiostegaLs six ; air-bladder bifur- 

 cate anteriorly, and with two horns posteriorly. 



Tropical parts of the Atlantic, spreading northwards along the 

 American coasts to New York ; East Indian Seas. 



* 1. Ephippus zonatus, Girard in U. S. Pacif. if. R. Expcd. Fishes, p. 110. — 

 Coast of California. 



